https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7 en-us 2023-05-26 15:53:32 UTC 2025-11-06 09:38:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/26a0.png moonbeam_ https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606340984 This is loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. This is what divided America.]]> 2023-05-26 15:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606340984 moonbeam_ https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606346653 Missouri was added as a slave state while Maine was added free.
Slavery was banned in all new states above latitude 36,30]]> 2023-05-26 16:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606346653 moonbeam_ https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606349054 A tariff is a tax on imported goods. The south produced 75% of the worlds cotton. As the tariffs rise, so did threats of war ]]> 2023-05-26 16:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606349054 moonbeam_ https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606352438 When gold was discovered in California people argued whether it should be a slave state or a free state. California joined as a free state. To make up for it The Fugitive Slave Law was passed. This law forced escaped slaves to return to their masters in the South.]]> 2023-05-26 16:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606352438 moonbeam_ https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606354243 This was a Novel published in 1852 which showed the true horrors of slavery. It was written by housewife Harriet Beecher Stowe.]]> 2023-05-26 16:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606354243 moonbeam_ https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606355700 The Republican party was created by people who wanted to abolish slavery. Their slogan was "FREE WORK, FREE LABOR, FREE MEN!"]]> 2023-05-26 16:13:53 UTC https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606355700 moonbeam_ https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606358126 The Missouri Compromise was cancelled. Popular Sovereignty let residents in Kansas and Nebraska hold elections to decide on slavery. Both side Pro and Anti claimed victory, and violence broke out.]]> 2023-05-26 16:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606358126 moonbeam_ https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606360306 Dred Scott sued for his freedom, to which the Supreme Court ruled against. They said that Blacks have no rights in court, that they are property and that there is no more "Once free, Always free."]]> 2023-05-26 16:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606360306 moonbeam_ https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606364749 Harper's Fairy, Virginia had the largest arsenal in the South.
Abolitionist John Brown and his sons tried to lead a slave rebellion and attack the arsenal.
No slaves came.
 John Brown was later captured and put on trial. He was executed as punishment and his last words were, "I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with Blood.", Meaning that the only way out, is war.]]> 2023-05-26 16:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2606364749 moonbeam_ https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2609347332 When Abraham Lincoln was elected all hell broke loose in a way. This was the "last straw" for many Southerners. ]]> 2023-05-30 16:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2609347332 moonbeam_ https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2609349341 Southern states secede (leave) the union. They call themselves "the Confederate States of America." ]]> 2023-05-30 16:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/moonbeam_/imx304c5tnl45np7/wish/2609349341